Synthesis of hydroquinone monomethyl ether from hydroquinone and methanol over heteropolyacids supported on clay: Kinetics and mechanism

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7969-7977

  Yadav, Ganapati D ^a   Deshmukh, Salim A R K ^a   Asthana, Navinchandra S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; KETONES; METHANOL; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYST SITE; DODECATUNGSTOPHOSPHORIC ACID (DTP); HYDROQUINONE MONO METHYL ETHER (HMME); MONTMORILLONITE CLAY;

ETHERS;

ANTIOXIDANT ADDITIVE; QUINONE;

EID: 27444442655     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050519+     Document Type: Article

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